KABUL – Taliban’s political office head Mullah Baradar will lead the new government in Afghanistan.
According to private news channel quoting the sources, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of late Taliban founder Mullah Omar, and Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai will take senior positions in the government.
The inclusion of Dr Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai, Gulbadin Hekmatyar and other Afghan leaders in the new setup is uncertain.
A formal announcement of the new administration, earlier expected to be made after Friday prayers, would now not happen until Saturday at the earliest, a Taliban said.
They face the enormous challenge of shifting gears from insurgent group to governing power, days after the United States fully withdrew its troops and ended two decades of war.
The West has adopted a wait-and-see approach to the Taliban, there were some signs of engagement with the new leaders gathering pace.
The United Nations said it had restarted humanitarian flights to parts of the country, linking the Pakistani capital Islamabad with Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan and Kandahar in the south.
A Taliban spokesman tweeted early Friday that China´s foreign ministry had promised to keep its embassy in Afghanistan open and to “beef up” relations and humanitarian assistance.
Western Union and Moneygram said they were resuming money transfers, which many Afghans rely on from relatives abroad to survive, and Qatar said it was working to reopen the airport in Kabul—a lifeline for aid.
The British and Italian foreign ministers were meanwhile both headed to Afghanistan’s neighbours in the coming days to discuss the plight of refugees still hoping to escape the Taliban.
The new rulers have pledged to be more accommodating than during their first stint in power from 1996 to 2001, which also came after years of conflict—first the Soviet invasion of 1979, and then a bloody civil war.
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KARACHI - Following are the foreign currency exchange rates for US Dollar, Saudi Riyal, UK Pound Sterling, U.A.E. Dirham, European Euro, and other foreign currencies in Pakistan open market on February 03, 2023 (Friday).
Source: Forex Association of Pakistan. (last update 09:00 AM)
Currency | Symbol | Buying | Selling |
US Dollar | USD | 271.1 | 271.6 |
Euro | EUR | 298.27 | 298.87 |
UK Pound Sterling | GBP | 335.5 | 336.2 |
U.A.E Dirham | AED | 73.03 | 73.33 |
Saudi Riyal | SAR | 71.49 | 71.80 |
Australian Dollar | AUD | 188.9 | 191.3 |
Bahrain Dinar | BHD | 712.73 | 720.73 |
Canadian Dollar | CAD | 200.95 | 203.15 |
China Yuan | CNY | 39.67 | 40.07 |
Danish Krone | DKK | 39.11 | 39.51 |
Hong Kong Dollar | HKD | 34.19 | 34.54 |
Indian Rupee | INR | 3.28 | 3.39 |
Japanese Yen | JPY | 2.5 | 2.54 |
Kuwaiti Dinar | KWD | 877.76 | 886.76 |
Malaysian Ringgit | MYR | 62.83 | 63.43 |
New Zealand Dollar | NZD | 173.25 | 175.25 |
Norwegians Krone | NOK | 26.76 | 27.09 |
Omani Riyal | OMR | 696.08 | 704.08 |
Qatari Riyal | QAR | 73.62 | 74.32 |
Singapore Dollar | SGD | 204 | 206 |
Swedish Korona | SEK | 25.61 | 25.91 |
Swiss Franc | CHF | 291.69 | 294.19 |
Thai Bhat | THB | 8.15 | 8.3 |
KARACHI – The price of a single tola of 24-karat gold in Pakistan is Rs 206,200 on Friday. The price of 10 grams of 24k gold was recorded at Rs176,790.
Likewise, 10 grams of 22k gold were being traded for Rs164,500 while a single tola of 22-karat gold was being sold at Rs 179,100.
Note: The gold rate in Pakistan is fluctuating according to the international market so the price is never been fixed. The below rates are provided by local gold markets and Sarafa Markets of different cities.
City | Gold | Silver |
Lahore | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Karachi | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Islamabad | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Peshawar | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Quetta | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Sialkot | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Attock | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Gujranwala | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Jehlum | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Multan | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Bahawalpur | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Gujrat | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Nawabshah | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Chakwal | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Hyderabad | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Nowshehra | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Sargodha | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Faisalabad | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
Mirpur | PKR 206,200 | PKR 2,420 |
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